Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern France south-southwest of Lille. It was a famous woolen and tapestry center in the Middle Ages.
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(See pictures on pp. 111, 113.) ~arras~: tapestry for hanging; so called from Arras, in the north of
The History of London Walter Besant 1868
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[Illustration: Behind the Arras] _Behind the Arras_
Behind the Arras A Book of the Unseen Bliss Carman 1895
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"Arras" is not a word that comes up every day at Renard Strategic Communications, but I caught Sir Lord's drift.
Royal Pain 2004
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"Arras" is not a word that comes up every day at Renard Strategic Communications, but I caught Sir Lord's drift.
Royal Pain 2004
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That gives an idea of the remoteness of war, as felt in Arras that night.
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Robespierre was the son of a lawyer and grew up in Arras.
Names 2007
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First, the road by Lisle and Arras, which is the most about — but most interesting, and instructing.
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Oct. 8 -- Antwerp bombarded by German siege guns and Zeppelins; Germans cross the Scheldt; Allies gain near Arras, which is being shelled by
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various
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The kind of weaving which demands from the worker the greatest artistic skill is that which produced the great masterpieces of Flanders, once known as Arras, from the town of that name, and now commonly called
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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I got the stuff upstairs and I went back to the night offices of P.R. 3 in Arras.
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